Because all the pearl buyers (at the time of the story) work for the same man, and who ever gives the boss for the lowset price gets payed the most.
I think Juana finds the pearl on the path after kino takes it from and gets into a fight. He drops the pearl, and Juana finds it.
KINO was the one
The pearl came from the sea in La Paz.
Kino finds the pearl in chapter 2 and he plans to do allot of things with the pearl. Answer He finds the pearl after Coyotito becomes sick with scorpion poison. The doctor refuses to see Coyotito...